Empire : The Russian Empire and Its Rivals Lieven Dominic Paperback
Empire : The Russian Empire and Its Rivals Lieven Dominic Paperback How does one empire differ from another? What has made empires flourish in some eras and regions of the world but not in others?…
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Empire : The Russian Empire and Its Rivals Lieven Dominic Paperback
How does one empire differ from another? What has made empires flourish in some eras and regions of the world but not in others? Why do empires rise and fall?
The overwhelming majority of works on empire concentrate on the European maritime powers. In this broad and ambitious book, Dominic Lieven explores the place and meaning of empire from ancient Rome to the present.The central focus of the book is Russia and the rise and fall of the Tsarist and the Soviet Empires. Lieven's comparative approach highlights the important role played by Russia in the expansion of Europe and its rise to global dominance.
The book contrasts the nature, strategies, and fate of empire in Russia with that of its major rivals, the Habsburg, Ottoman, and British empires, and considers a broad range of other cases from ancient China and Rome to the present-day United States, Indonesia, India, and the